Child&#39;s feeding bowl



G. PAUL May 2, 1939.

S FEEDING BOWL CHILD Filed Aug. 8, 1958 llllllll lll INVENTOR. Ger /rude Pal/M.

ATTORNEY.

Patented May 2, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,150,351 cmmvs rssnmo'now'r. Gertrude Paul, Jackson Heights, is. Y. Application August 8, 1938, Serial No. 223,568

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for readily attaching same to the bottom of a bowl, glass or the like, the said bowl or glass,

being either transparent or'opaque and provided with a transparent area at the bottom. I

A further object of the invention is the provision of a frame or holder for use in connection with such feeding bowls, the said frame being provided with means for receiving a picture or the like.

Another object is to produce a-device of the character described in which the maximum simplicity of construction and operation is secured.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of the improvements is better understood, the invention consisting substantially in the novel arrangement and co-relation of parts herein fully described and illustrated in the ac-. companying drawing, wherein similar reference characters are used to describe corresponding parts throughout the several views, and then finally pointed out and specifically defined and indicated in the appended claims.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventive concept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention is not to be restricted to the exact details of this disclosure, and the latter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather than a restric- 40 tive standpoin The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustration, is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a bowl or the like with my improved picture holder attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one form of my 50 improved picture frame or holder;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of the holder, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a still further modified form of the holder. 7

55 Referring now to Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawing in detail, In indicates a bowl made of china or porcelain and is provided at the bottom thereof with a rectangular base II. The said bowl may be provided with a central opening l2 in which there is suitably maintained as by cementing, 5 casting or molding, a glass lens or other transparent plate or disk l3.

Removably maintained on' the base ll is a slidable frame M which comprises a bottom wall l5, three upstanding side walls I6, I! and I8 respectively, and a three sided top flange numbered l9, Na and i917. Thecentral portion of the base l5 may be provided with a central opening 20 in which there is suitably maintained a suitably decorated or picture bearing disk 2|. The forward or leading end edge of the bottom wall l5 may if desirable, be provided with a resilient clip 22 adapted to clampingly engage one end of the base II when the said frame I is in position on the said base.

In practice the clip 22 is depressed and th frame It is slid along the base I I with the bottom wall If: engaging the bottom of the base II and flange portions l9 and lb engaging the top surface of the base ll until the clip 22 is free of the base I I and snaps upwardly after which the frame is drawn back slightly to permit the said clip to frictionally engage one side edge of the base and to provide a space 23 between the upstanding wall l1 and the front end edge of the base II. To remove the frame, the same is slid forwardly to close the said space 23 after which the clip 22 may be depressed and the frame withdrawn from the base. The base may be archedv as at 23 to permit the clip to pass underneath thereof without creating undue friction when slid forwardly or rearwardl'y. It is tobe understood that in some instances the clip 22 may be omitted as sumcient friction may be exerted by the flange members upon the base so that the frame will not accidentally slide off the base. It is also to be understood that the bottom wall of the slidable frame ll may be imperforate and the picture may be directly painted on-the top surface of the said wall.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a modified form of the frame or picture holder, said holder comprising a rectangular plate 30 provided with four resilient clips 3| one at each side edge of the said plate. In this form of the invention, the frame may be snapped on and off the base.

. In Fig. 5 I have shown a picture carrier or frame 32 adapted for use with food receptacles having a circular base, the said frame having base engaging clips 83 which are in all respects similar to the clips 8i.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided simple and inexpensive means adapted to be used in combination with feeding bowls, glasses, etc., which will induce children who are poor eaters to consume the entire contents of such bowls and the like in order that they may view the picture or other object of interest visible at the bottom of such bowls, etc.

It will also be readily seen that my improvements may be used for advertising purposes as well as for the purposes above described.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a feeding or drinking vessel having an extending base providedwith a transparent area, a display frame, a pictorial representation on the frame adapted to be 2. In combination with a feeding or drinking vessel having a transparent base member, a display frame having a bottom formed with an opening, a disk set into the opening and carrying a pictorial representation adapted to be viewed through the transparent base, an open end on the said frame, and inwardly extending flanges at the closed ends, the said flanges being spaced from the bottom wall of said frame to slidably maintain the said frame on the base of the said vessel when the vessel is slid into the frame.

'a pictorial representation on said frame in position for display through the transparent area of the base, andmeans at the open side of the frame for engaging the base and i'emovabiy holding the frame in place.

4. In combination with a vessel of the character described having a base provided with a transparent area, a display frame under the base formed with an opening, a disk set into the open- ,ing and carrying a pictorial representation adapted to be viewed through the transparent area of the base, and means carried by said frame for engaging the base and detachably holding the frame in engagement with the base.

GER'I'RUDE PAUL. 

